DCHP-3

Siwash sock

Northwest
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a warm ankle-length sock, or liner, of duffle worn inside moccasins, mukluks, etc. and usually folded down at the top.

See: duffle sock(def. 1)

Quotations

1900
Their Siwash socks were similarly conditioned, and when these had been thawed and removed, the dead-white tips of the toes . . . told their simple tale of the trail.
1912
The siwash socks and heavy woolen stockings were sheaths of ice.